A big lottery winner in Dodge County. The state lottery says one lucky player matched all five numbers in the Badger 5 drawing on March 24th to win the $123,000 jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased at United Cooperative in Hustisford.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican co-chair of the Legislature's budget committee says Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to require enrollees in the popular SeniorCare prescription drug program to first sign up for Medicare Part D coverage is dead. Rep. John Nygren tells The Associated Press on Thursday that there is not support for the idea among Republicans in the Legislature. Nygren says the issue has also been a top priority […]
The state Troopers Association and area law enforcement is Reacting to this week’s heroic actions by a trooper who paid the ultimate sacrifice while protecting the community. Trooper Trevor Casper was shot and killed, but not before he shot and killed a bank robbery suspect in Fond du Lac at the Johnson Street Pick N Save parking lot Tuesday evening. President of the Wisconsin Troopers Association, Glenn Jones, tells AM […]
Federal authorities say they are looking at a man killed in a shootout with a Wisconsin state trooper as a suspect in at least two bank robberies in Wisconsin and possibly more in other states. FBI spokesman Leonard Peace says agents are investigating Steven Timothy Snyder of Michigan in bank robberies Tuesday in Marinette County and the city of Fond du Lac. Peace says Snyder may be connected to unsolved […]
Marinette County authorities have identified a man they think was killed by a bank robbery suspect. Sheriff Jerry Sauve says in a statement that investigators believe 59-year-old Thomas C. Christ of Wausaukee was shot and killed Tuesday in an encounter with a bank robbery suspect near his property. The Wisconsin Department of Justice is leading the investigation into Christ's death and the shooting death later Tuesday of Wisconsin State Patrol […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 27-year-old Milwaukee man is charged with attempted homicide after authorities say he shot at police investigating an apparent drug deal. Jerimy Whitelaw also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Whitelaw was shot twice in the abdomen during an exchange of gunfire with one of the officers early Thursday. Two officers were on patrol when they saw two people conducting an apparent […]
The Fond du lac Fire Department is expressing concern over what they say is a copycat Facebook page. Fire Department’s Troy Haase says the department learned about the newly created page titled City of Fond du Lac Fire and EMS this week during the shooting incident near Pick N Save. Haase says the copycat page is unauthorized and shows pictures of the fire department logo and apparatus and pushes out […]
Fond du Lac County ranks in the middle of the pack for health in the state. That according to the annual County Health Rankings released this week by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says Fond du Lac County ranks 34th out of 72 countie when it comes to health outcomes. Mueller says Fond […]
A new AAA study finds that driver distraction is a bigger factor in teen crashes than previously thought. AAA Wisconsin spokesman Nick Jarmuscz tells WFDL news the unprecedented video analysis finds that distraction was a factor in nearly six out of 10 moderate to severe crashes or four times as many as official estimates based on police reports. Jarmuscz says the study found the most common forms of distraction included passenger […]